Handsaw



April 22 1924. 1,491,631

E. H. REINHOLD HANDSAW Filed Jan'. 15 1924 gww'nfoz- EDWARD HENRY RAW/"0L0 handsaw of my invention,

PatentedApr. 22, 1924.

UNITED STATES v 1,191,111 PATENT orrics.

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EANDSAW.

Application filed January 15, 1924. Serial No. 686,400.

To all whom. it may concern: Beit known that I, EDWARD HENRY REIN- 11oi.n,'a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the. county of Hamilton and State of Ohlo, have invented a new and useful Improve- .ment in Handsaws,'of which the following means described herein-and disclosed in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a fragmental elevation of the Fig. 2 isa top view of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a bottom view of Fig .1.

The saw of my mventlon comprises the ordinary cutting blade 4, along the straight edged top of which are gradu-ations 5 in order to provide a measuring scale. The handle 6 is secured to the blade by means of the usual securing screws 7, the blade 4 being set into the kerf or slot 8'in the usual manner. The forwardedge 9 of the handle 6 is arranged at an angle of 90 degrees to the top edge of the blade 4. A. binding strip 10 is secured by any suitable means such as screws ,11 upon the forward edge 9 of the handle and is continued around the bottom edge 12 of the handle. The binding strip 10 isturned inwardly adjacent the blade at an angle of 90 degrees, the kerf 8 being widened in order to permit the flange 13 thus formed to be fully seated therein. The strip 10 binds the forward edge of the handle 6 on one side of theblade and the entire bottom surface of the handle from a point beginning at the edge 14 of the kerfh A supplemental binding strip 15 is brazed to the strip 10 at-pointj 14 and binds the other for-' ward edge of the handle. The binding strips 10 and 15 having flan es 13 supplement the clamping action 0 the screws 7 for securing the blade 4 against relative mo tion in the handle. The rear end 16 of the 7, cutting blade 4 is cut at an angle of degrees to the bottom edge of the handle 6.

It will be noted that'the above described construction provides a square, a miter square, and a scale, all of which are constantly used with a saw. The implement thus formed has no cumbersome projections to render its use diflicult.

As described above my invention is applied normally to cross-cut saws. In r1psaws it would be necessary only to provide the edge 9 and binding 10 therefor for a comparatively short dista cc and to pro vide the graduations 5 ext eiiding therefrom in order to gage a line along a board to be r1 ing striplOby any suitablemeans such as pped.

The blade 4 is fixedly secured to the bind rivets 20. Any number of rivets may be em ployed at any desired places.

\Vhat I claim is: v

1. In a handsaw the combination with a straight backed saw blade. a slotted handle having straight forward edges and straight bottom edges, a flanged binding strip engaging the bottom of the handle and one side of the forward edge of the handle, a supplemental flanged binding strip secured uponthe binding strips engaging the oppositesides of the cutting blade, the rear end of the cutting blade adjacent the cutting edge thereof being disposed at an-angle of 45 degrees to the bottom of the handle, means for securing the binding strips upon the hanas forward edge of the handle oil the other side of the blade, the flanges on the dle, and means for securing the handle to the .1

cutting blade.

2. In a handsaw the combination of a handle having a straight edged forward end and a straight edged bottom, of a cutting blade secured upon the handle and having its top edge disposed at an angle of degrees to.

the forward edge of the handle and its rear edge disposed atan angle of 45 degrees to the bottom of the handle, graduations along the blade adjacent its top edge.- and a binding strip secured to the forward and bottom edges of the handle and disposed at an angle 3 of 90'degrees to the sides of the cutting blade.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 11th day' of Jannary, 1924. I

ED ARD HENRY REnmoL-D. 

